The driving distance between Knoxville, TN and Nashville, TN is approximately 180 miles. The driving time would be approximately 3 hours if you were to travel non-stop in goodâ¦ driving conditions.
If you have a thrown rod, you will have a loud rhythmic banging noise that changes frequency with the engine RPM speed. The sound will be quite like the sound when banging two hammers together. You will also have extremely low or no oil pressure.
Cars and Automobiles. True rod knock results when the rod bearing gets wiped out. This happens when the hydrodynamic oil wedge is lost between the bearing surface and the connecting rod pin on the crankshaft. This could be due to one or a combination of several factors: Insufficient oil pressure.